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    Faces of Hardship
    Faces of Hardship
    Faces of Hardship
    Audiobook5 hours

    Faces of Hardship

    Written by Ivan Franko

    Narrated by David Sillars

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    About this audiobook

    Faces of Hardship is an anthology of short stories and novellas by Ukrainian writer, translator, and political activist Ivan Franko, showing the unpopular, uncomfortable, and unattractive sides of life in late 19th - early 20th century Ukraine and Russia in vivid color.

     

    This collection includes the following works:

    • Your Own Fault
    • At the Bottom
    • The Story of a Coat
    • Two Buddies
    • To the Light!
    • Woods and Pastures
    • Little Myron
    • Stone Mason
    • Lesikha's Family
    • Gryts' at School
    • Good Wages
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTSK Group LLC
    Release dateSep 15, 2019
    ISBN9798868795534
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